There has to be a spark to start with. If the spark smolders a little and then catches fire I can't think of anything more attractive.
Don't have any time for self obsessed people, bad hygiene or rudeness.
Nina Simone. Do I move you!
I have it in it's original form, so last night I whipped it out! There I was with 7" of pleasure in my hand. Apparently you can get them in 12" as well but I have yet to see one.
We received a message from a guy, a nice message including a couple of photo's. His profile is well presented and he seems like a nice chap. All good so far.
The very last line of his last message said "I travel a lot and get bored in hotel rooms on my own!"
The thought that we maybe slightly more interesting than watching telly in his room made us decide not to pursue this. "DEAL BREAKER!"
Just wondered if anyone else had got to the point of shall we shan't we? then have the other party blow it by one comment, if so what was it? Or what comment would blow it?
I am no legal expert but reading the transcripts of what has been alleged, I can not see what laws have been broken. It may be abhorrent, it maybe shocking but I have not seen anything where anybody wants to cause harm to the Mcanns. Yes, they do not wish the Mcanns well but are more suggesting situations the author would like them to populate.
These views seem quite extreme and because the author has made them public, it should not be a surprise that when the cloak of anonymity has been lifted that the media will investigate.
Not withstanding what I have said, I will personally wait till after the inquest to form a view. Who sent the tweets, were they against the law, the authors state of mind and cause of death but what I will say is that high volume social media is there for everybody to use. I choose not to use it (this is the nearest I get to high volume social media) people who want to show off a new car to people who want to insult others to those who actually brutally murder others and post it on you tube. The question has to be do we want a censored social media?
Because I don't use social media, I accept my view is not relevant so I will choose not to share it, other than to say if as many people think censorship is too harsh is about the same as the number as those who don't think it goes far enough, it seems set at just about the right level.
National laws on censorship would be next to useless as it would not cover those outside that particular country. It would need international agreement which although probably not impossible, it would be very difficult.
So if you tighten up the law in the UK, some of these tweets if produced in the UK may fall foul of the law but if the same tweets came from a country with it would be defined by the laws in that country or the country that contains the registered office of the social media company.
So question;-
1) Censor social media to stop abuse that is not unlawful.
2) Let social media be a forum for free speech.
From the outset I will declare my chosen sport is not Football! The whys and wherefores we can save for another thread. Having said that, I can see if not understanding why, it is important to so many people.
We are very good at a number of sports in this country, others we go with the ebb and flow of the available talent. The England Rugby team in 2003 was very good without being great but they didn’t need to be, all they needed to be was better than the rest. The England Cricket team one 3 ashes series on the bounce, good! but were humiliated down under in the winter. My examples of ebbs and flows.
We are good at, snooker, triathlon, rowing, sailing, canoeing, darts, squash to name just a few. Then we get to football.
This is just an observation from an outsider but football is the only sport I can think of where the club system is stronger than the international set up! Or at least in England.
Not sure how this is good for the national side. The vast majority of national players (if not all) come from the premiership. These are privately owned companies or companies listed on the stock exchange. They have a chairman, a board of directors and a management structure designed to do nothing more than make that company as successful as possible. These clubs will purchase assets as they see fit from where ever they are available. This will include the management and the players. When the national side want to pick a player, they basically borrow him from his club, a club that from the board room to the manager does not have to have anybody with any interest in England, only success for that business. So why does a Russian chairman of a French coach give a damn if the England national side is rubbish?
Although I am assured this does not happen, but if I were a coach in the premiership and my job relies on my club doing well, even if I were an English coach if one of my star players was off to play in the world cup I would send him off with a cheery “hope you have a good world cup! Don’t get injured and don’t forget who pays your wages!”
The FA are powerless to stop this as they are, well powerless! The clubs have all the money and where there’s money, there is influence, where there is influence there is power. Mr has as much chance of influencing the England national side as me, none. I am sorry to say that for a lot of supporters, that is just fine! Where I now live the majority of football supporters follow Arsenal. If you ask them which they would prefer, England to win the world cup or Arsenal to win the Champions League, all those I have asked have said Arsenal to win the Champions League. If this attitude is the same at all the top clubs, that means the supporters of the most influential clubs don’t care for the national team.
One last point, although I don’t know this for sure but as for a golden age of English football, yes we won the world cup but is that more of a hiccup than a golden age? I think up until and including 1962, you didn’t have to qualify for the world cup, you were invited to play. We didn’t need to qualify in 1966 as we were hosts. We didn’t have to qualify in 1970 as we were the holders. We failed to qualify in 1974 and 1978 so the first world cup England qualified to play in on merit was 1982. Whilst we were failing to qualify for world cups, weren’t Liverpool, Notts Forest and Aston Villa winning the European cup?
As I say, only an observation looking from outside.
Hi all,
Hope everyone had a great summer! We did hence we not been about much.
For our first contribution in about 6 months we thought we would pick a topical, meaty, politically charged subject! one on everybodys lips.
Knew a lady who's surname was Hiscock!
The transport minister who introduced the crossing to British roads was called Leslie Hore-Belisha (what's that flashing thing on that pole? It's just a Hore) and I always snigger if I am in a lift installed by "Dunwoody and Porn"
Think every bodies boundaries and limits are very personnel, we tend it visit clubs but never go with a pre conceived agenda. If things move on from chat, a quick glance to one another soon tells you if the other is comfortable with the situation and we are always respectful of others when we play, so soft or full swing possibly doesn't cover us. When it comes to kissing though, YES PLEASE!!!! both of us love getting our faces snogged off and snogging the faces off others. That with a hand placed on your lap has to be the most erotic part of swinging for us.
Swinging couples available on the NHS? Now that's a thought! Maybe clear out some beds from a hospital ward and put in an orgy bed.
I like your thinking.
You can't really blame a referee, I wanted England to win but they blew it in the first 20 and last 5 minutes against France, France blew it against Wales so although I think England are the best team, Ireland had the best tournament and deserve to win the 6 Nations!
Congratulations Ireland, worthy winner's and thank you BOD for some outstanding rugby. Good luck for the future.
Don't know a lot about plane's but if it has come down, depending on the angle it hit the water and the speed would there necessarily be a debris field? Remember the crash landing on the Hudson River? Is it possible the pilot put it on the sea in one piece then it sank?
who to boo for the loudest? France or Scotland? think it has to be France lol
I find your reference to women in mini skirts sexist in the extreme! Once again men find themselves excluded on gender alone.
It's been a bit of a rough winter so thought we could all bask in the tranquility of others.
Add a bit of ying to counter the yang.
Reason to be cheerful part 1. The daffodils are out in my garden!
I read the comparison with the new laws in Uganda and Russia with interest and it is a good point! As far as I understand it the law in Russia makes it illegal to promote homosexuality positively. It is not illegal to be openly gay. This is a regressive law but it is not making it illegal to be a practising homosexual.
In Uganda it has been made illegal to be gay! To me that is as profound as making it illegal to have green eyes. You can’t help being born with green eyes; you can’t help being born gay! Whenever a state takes it upon itself to make being what you are illegal, whether it be Gay, Jewish, Kurdish, Gypsy it tends to be only the thin end of the wedge. I am not saying this will happen, I am reasonably sure it won’t. In that case political asylum seekers will not be an issue. But if it does, we can not get involved in another countries internal politics (again) so in this instance I hope we will have the humanity along with other countries to offer sanctuary to the persecuted.
If in a alternate universe, this law were past in the UK, half the members of SH would be arrested for admitting they were happy to participate in homosexual acts (see profiles stating gay, bi and bi curious)and the other half for knowingly harbouring persons with these tenancies.
Are well, at least prison wouldn't be boring.
Not sure what 90 percent of this bollocks has to do with Ugandan gays! Whilst you all rip lumps out of each other I might right a letter to the Ugandan gay times! Tell them they might as well stay where they are because we are too busy talking shit to give a damn!